Julie Ann Ellis Clark, age 68, of Villa Grove died at 11:06 a.m. on Monday April 12, 2010, at her son's home in Villa Grove.

She was born Feb. 21, 1942 in Nashville, Tennessee to James Ellis and Edna Anderson Wheeler. She is survived by a son, Lonnie Crafton of Villa Grove; stepson, Garland Crafton of Ft. Worth, Texas; two daughters, Melinda Crafton of Ft. Worth, Texas, and Melissa Crafton of Kentucky; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two brothers, Jamie Wheeler of Amarillo, Texas, and George Wheeler of Nashville, Tennessee and a sister, Joy Milton of Denton, Texas.

She was preceded in death by her parents and father James Ellis, and daughter, Paige Grinnell.